thru thurs: valentine’s-themed events:
► tues 6pm: climate cuties valentine’s mixer: starr bar (bushwick), free admission (donations welcome). >>
► tues 7pm: the vinyl word music book club: my bloody valentine’s loveless edition. arlene’s grocery (les), free admission. >>
► tues 7:30pm: amélie (2001) screening: cassette (ridgewood), free admission. >>
► weds 6pm: 7 stories up series at nypl: book buzz – romance edition: stavros niarchos foundation library (midtown). free admission. >>
► weds 7pm: quickies: singles event: mid 20s-early 40s edition. friends and lovers (crown heights), $10. >>
► weds 7:30pm: eternal sunshine of the spotless mind (2004) screening: singlecut beersmiths (astoria), $10. >>
► weds 8pm (monthly): mortified storytelling show: doomed love edition. littlefield (gowanus), $12 adv, $15 door. >>
► thurs 8pm: psyched out: improv comedy x psychic readings: littlefield (gowanus), save 50% with promo code ‘half’ >>
► thurs thru 2/22: valentine’s day massacre screening series: we won’t grow old together, modern romance, possession, der fan, and more. anthology film archives (east village), $14 general, $10 seniors/students. >>
sponsored
The Sound of Spring: A Chinese New Year Concert with The Orchestra Now
Sunday, February 15, 2026 at 3:00pm
Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center
Celebrate two holidays in one! On Valentine’s Day weekend, bring your loved ones and welcome the Year of the Horse at the 7th annual The Sound of Spring Chinese New Year Concert. The Orchestra Now and conductor Jindong Cai perform a program in praise of love and horses — filling the Rose Theater with joyful Chinese and Western symphonic music for the whole family.
Special guest soloists include winds virtuoso Yazhi Guo, plus a selection of outstanding young performers with top international accolades from the legendary Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and the groundbreaking US-China Music Institute at Bard College.
Be sure to arrive up to one hour before curtain for the ever-popular Chinese instrument demonstration and Chinese New Year activities, courtesy of the US-China Music Institute.
Get 20% off your tickets with code CNYC20 — book today!
tuesday
sponsored: thru 3/1: not nobody at 59e59 theaters: twilight theatre co. presents not nobody, by brian dykstra. if you’re not guilty, what are you afraid of? mcalester daily is a professor of ethics who finds himself accidentally entangled with the police. after saving an officer’s life, mcalester is hailed as a hero—but as questions mount and his refusal to conform raises red flags, the system begins to see him as something else. in a society quick to judge and slow to understand, not nobody is an intriguing, funny and powerful portrait of one man trying to be heard on his own terms. use code ‘skint’ to snag $19 tickets (reg. $44!). >>
tues-thurs (12:30pm): ice theatre of new york: 2025-26 city skate pop-up performances: ice theatre of new york’s annual ice dance performance series returns to public outdoor skating rinks for the fall-winter season. this week: bryant park (tues + thurs) and the rink at rockefeller center (weds). free admission. >>
tues + weds (10am-6pm): kipling sample sale: save on backpacks, handbags, totes, waist bags, luggage, and more. clothingline (garment district), free admission. >>
tues 6pm: a slumless america: mary k. simkhovitch and the dream of affordable housing: betty boyd caroli discusses her new biography of mary kingsbury simkhovitch, often called ‘the mother of public housing,’ a seminal figure in the settlement house movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. presented by greenwich house and the greenwich village society for historic preservation at la nacional – spanish benevolent society (greenwich village), free admission. >>
tues 7pm (tuesdays thru 2/24): union pool’s fouth annual free tuesdays: union pool’s annual free tuesday concert series is back for another winter season, continuing tonight with facs and autobahn. >>
tues 8pm: send in the clowns: broadway-themed roast battle: roast comedians who love musicals face off with broadway-themed insults and performances. hosted by comedians/theatre nerds rebecca kaplan and gabby jordan brown. empire stage (prospect lefferts garden), $10. >>
wednesday
weds thru 2/24: sva bfa fine arts spring 2026 exhibition: school of visual arts presents the bfa fine arts spring 2026 exhibition, showcasing the work of the program’s students. reception 2/17 6-8pm. sva chelsea gallery, free admission. >>
weds 7pm (monthly): fantastic fiction at kgb: this monthly speculative-fiction reading series, hosted by editor ellen datlow and writer matthew kressel at kgb bar (east village), welcomes writers michael cisco (black brane) and tim chawaga (salvagia) for a night of readings and discussion. free admission. >>
weds 7pm: peer revue: ted talks with a twist. peer revue returns with real experts giving real talks on big ideas—like quarks or the fall of rome—while comedians wing it while trying to make sense of slides they’ve never seen before. hosted by ben lillie, with talks by paula croxson, tim donnely, shyaporn theerakulstit, brielle demirkian, and more. caveat (les), $13.61 with promo code ‘skintrevue’ (reg. $18.76-20). >>
weds 7:30pm: we have fun: a stand-up show: hosts zach sims and dan wilbur team up to bring the fun-ny to young ethel’s (south slope), with stand-up by subhah agarwal (comedy central), kate willett (netflix), jordan doll, and shosh brodman. free admission. >>
thursday
thurs thru ?: he built this city: joe macken’s model: the museum of the city of new york presents a handmade model of new york city built over two decades by queens-born truck driver joe macken in his spare time. made entirely by hand using everyday materials like balsa wood, cardboard, and glue, the 50-by-27-foot model spans 320 sections. the museum of the city of new york (east harlem), pay-what-you-can admission for nyc residents (reg. $23 general, $18 seniors, $14 students, free for everyone on wednesdays). >>
thurs thru 7/11: mystery and wonder: a legacy of golden age magicians in new york city: step behind the curtain at the new york public library for the performing arts (uws) with an exhibition devoted to the city’s golden age of magic. drawing from rare archival materials, the show explores how turn-of-the-century magicians blurred the lines between spiritualism, vaudeville, circus, and theater, alongside emerging science and technology. photographs, posters, and artifacts trace the careers of legendary figures like harry houdini, harry kellar, alexander and adelaide herrmann, and others. the exhibition is accompanied by a series of free public programs, including magic performances, conversations, and film screenings. free admission. >>
thurs thru sat (7:30pm): new york classical players: the new york classical players continues its 16th concert season with a program featuring works by tchaikovsky and wagner at flushing town hall (thurs), church of st. luke + st. matthew in clinton hill (fri), and w83 auditorium in the uws (sat). free admission (donations welcome). >>
thurs 6:30pm: value of design: creating agency through data-driven insights book launch: join urban design nonprofit van alen institute (gowanus) for a book launch and conversation exploring how good design shapes economies, communities, and everyday life in cities. free admission. >>
thurs 6-9:30pm (monthly thru march): salsa party in a museum: balmir dance society hosts an evening of salsa, starting with a class led by professional dancers and followed by live music, social dancing, and performances by latin dance teams. brooklyn museum’s rubin lobby (prospect heights), free admission. >>
thurs 8pm (monthly): savage! comedy show: savage comedy returns to logan’s run in park slope. hosted by lizzie martinez, melissa rocha, nonye brown-west, and chloé cunha, tonight’s show includes standup by emily walsh, andrea coleman, marito lopez, ash mehta, rima parikh, and winter. bonus: rsvp for a chance to win a free drink. free admission. >>
thurs 9pm (monthly): comedy ugly: a comedy strip show: comedians reveal more than just punchlines at comedy ugly, a standup show where performers remove an article of clothing between jokes. featuring: jason chatfield, brit cardwell, aditya shankar, marito lopez, and jill weiner. hosted by alysia hush and kim dinaro. easy lover (east williamsburg), free admission. >>
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our roundup of 40+ ongoing events: holiday markets, ice skating, art shows, and more. >>
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– the skint
